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List of quantum gravity researchers

This is a list of researchers in quantum gravity.

  • Abhay Ashtekar -- Author of Ashtekar variables, he is one of the founders of loop quantum gravity.
  • John Baez -- Mathematical physicist.
  • Julian Barbour -- Author of The End of Time, Absolute or Relative Motion? and The Discovery of Dynamics.
  • Martin Bojowald -- Has developed the application of loop quantum gravity to cosmology.
  • Louis Crane -- Theorist.
  • Rodolfo Gambini -- Author of Loops, Knots, Gauge Theories and Quantum Gravity.
  • Brian Greene -- Physicist who is considered one of the world's foremost string theorists.
  • Stephen Hawking -- Leading theoretical physicist.
  • Peter Higgs -- Proposed the 1960's theory of broken symmetry in electroweak theory,
  • Christopher Isham -- Theoretical physicist, main figure of the quantum gravity field.
  • Ted Jacobson --
  • Michio Kaku -- Theoretical physicist with significant contribution to the string field theory.
  • Renate Loll --
  • Fotini Markopoulou-Kalamara -- Theoretical physicist interested in foundational mathematics and quantum mechanics
  • Roger Penrose -- Mathematical physicist. Invented the spin networks.
  • Jorge Pullin -- Theoretical physicist.
  • Carlo Rovelli -- One of the founders and major contributors to loop quantum gravity.
  • Lee Smolin -- One of the founders and major contributors to loop quantum gravity.
  • Rafael Sorkin -- Theoretical physicist, primary proponent of the causal set approach to quantum gravity.
  • Andrew Strominger -- Theoretical physicist who works on string theory
  • Thomas Thiemann -- Researcher.
  • Edward Witten -- Mathematical physicist who does research in M-theory.

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07-10-2008 09:35:13
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